Why does my head hurt?

Question

About a week ago, I became a vegan. The second day, I had bad diarrhea. For about a week, my head has been hurting.

I do eat eggs, fruit, milk, nuts and more for proper nutrition.
Is it because my body is adjusting?

I am 28 and this is my first time to be a vegan. I am doing it for the cruelty of animals.

I never knew until now how animals were abused.

I forgot to add, I eat vegan patties and green vegetables and other vegetables.

Basically, I eat everything except for meat. I try to stay from too much candy and sweets to be healthy.

Also
Do vegetarians eat eggs or am I messing up by eating eggs and drinking milk?

yes I did reduce my intake of caffeine and sugar.
Those of you who are telling me to go back to meat are not helping. I do not want to eat meat. In the bible, animals are not slaughtered in an inhumane way like the animals are now. I would eat meat, if it was from an animal that I knew did not suffer and was clean like a deer that was hunted.

Answer 1

first, you are only a vegetarian. Vegans do not eat milk or eggs, ANYTHING that comes from an animal.

okay, the headaches should not be your body adjusting, but the diarrhea part might be. Lay off the vegan/vegetarian patties and try to find foods that you are used to eating: pastas, so that your body has time to adjust to your change in lifestyle.

The headaches could be from something completely non-food related, stress because of the holidays or family. Or if you were used to eating a lot of sweets your body could be going through withdrawal, eat a lot of foods w/natural sugars such as fruits or vegetables. You can also try finding whole sugar canes to put into your coffee or tea (you don't eat them, but the sugar is unprocessed)

Answer 2

As a vegetarian, eating eggs and drinking milk is fine (it makes you an ovo-lacto vegetarian). However, calling yourself a vegan is misleading. Vegans eat NOTHING of animal origin. This includes milk, eggs, butter, etc. Most also will not wear leather (although there's a lot of vegetarians and even meat eaters who won't either).

I would say you're probably deficient in something. Ironically, as a meat-eater I used to get various diet related headaches... due to either low protein or low sugar. Somehow my body would tell me which it was, and I'd eat some candy or a spoon of peanut butter (depending on which thing I needed) and it would go away within 15 minutes. Since going vegetarian I have had none of these headaches! Weird! But anyway... yeah, you're probably missing something that you were getting before. Or it could also simply be an ill-timed cold and completely unrelated to your dietary changes.

Answer 3

Hmm, when I became a vegetarian this didn't happen to me. I know one girl that would LOVE to become a vegetarian but her body actually needs the protein from chicken, she got sick when she tried to become a vegetarian. I like what someone else suggested about eating things such as pasta, rice, just so your body gets used to the fact that you won't be eating meat anymore. Good luck and if you need support there are a few people on here that would be glad to help (it was a little tough for me at first because I was 13)

Answer 4

You said above you eat (drink) milk. Your not a Vegan.
You body may be adjusting.

Q. What is a vegan?

A. By definition, a vegan (most commonly pronounced VEE-gun) is a person who does not eat animal products, including meat, fish, seafood, eggs, and dairy. But veganism is more about what people choose than about what they avoid. For example, vegans demonstrate respect for all life — their own, the planet's, and the animals' — not only by eating plant-based foods, but also by choosing nonfood items (such as nonleather shoes) that are produced without animal byproducts. Many vegans also go out of their way to choose cosmetics and personal care items that do not contain animal byproducts and are not tested on animals.

Answer 5

You are probably having withdrawl from eating all that crap. You are detoxing. Don't be surprised if you start getting pimples too! Your body is cleaning itself out. Headaches and diarrhea are classic detox symptoms.

Some vegetarians eats eggs and dairy.Some don't. It depends on your choices.

I wouldn't stop everything at one point though. Gradually eliminate one thing at a time so your body doesn't go into shock.
Seriously.

Drink LOTS of water to flush out your body.

Good luck.

Answer 6

yep, your body is adjusting. it will pass unless it is being caused by something you are slightly allergic to. so, what are you now eating that you didn't before. I know when i go off coffee, it gives me a headache for 3 days. other forms of caffeine seem to have no effect.

Answer 7

Just wondering...did you suddenly give up caffeine or load up on migraine-causing foods? I've never heard of a vegetarian diet causing headaches.

Vikash,

Michelle, a dude? LOL

Answer 8

vegans don't eat eggs or drink milk.i think you are lacto-ovo vegetarian(no meat but eggs and milk are fine).Maybe you aren't eating enough calories.

Answer 9

just go back eating meat. Your body needs it, its not a sin to eat the animals,even though they are beaten and treaten badly.Its says in the bible that we have the power over animals.So we can eat them, but not to treat them badly, not to fatten them up and to kill them and to eat them.But, its wrong by even cutting their body parts off while they are alive.

Answer 10

Simple reason dude..go back to NON-Veg and everything will be alright...P